Soccer

Tactical evolution, all game modules

by Enrico Battisti

15 lessons | 3 hours | 177

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The tactical evolution of soccer, from its origins to modern times. We will talk about the origins of the tactical game at the Cambridge Pyramid, the definition and the characteristics that make up a game system. We will take ideas on the game construction method and we will discover together the Hungarian system up to the zone game.

Language: Italiano

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3 Modules:

From the origins to the Cambridge pyramid

We will talk about the origins of the game of soccer, from its birth in English universities to the primitive form of organized soccer. We will then analyze the entire path from the so-called 'Dribbling game', the mostly individual game, to the 'Passing Game', or the beginning of a collective conception of soccer.

Definition and Characteristics of a Game System

With the advent of the “Passing Game”, the game becomes more organized and coaches begin to study collective tactics aimed at taking opponents by surprise and putting them in difficulty, trying to exploit the weaknesses of others. Before analyzing all the evolutions that have taken place in the following decades, we will delve into the indispensable characteristics of a gaming system.

Method and system

'Method' and 'System' were two of the most famous lines used by various coaches in the first 40 years of the 1900s. Subsequently, some variants were used to overcome tactical problems that the various teams highlighted. They can be considered the first real evolutionary step from a tactical point of view.

Hungarian system and the advent of zone gaming

In the 1950s, there were two teams that innovated game tactics in an extremely important way. They were Hungary and Brazil. We will then see the important innovations that these two teams applied in a spectacular and effective way.

The three defensive modes

The path analyzed up to this point shows that the biggest changes have occurred mainly at the defensive level. In other words, the coaches have removed men from the attack to reinforce their defenses. Let's dive into the three defensive modes that a coach can use when organizing his team defensively. In this lesson where we will talk about man marking, the concepts related to individual duel will be analyzed in detail, the characteristics that defenders must possess to adapt to this type of marking and the advantages and disadvantages that a team will have by adopting this defensive tactic.

Zone marking

In this lesson we will deal with zone marking, we will focus on the fundamental principles of a zone defense, on the need to move in sync and on the uniform reading of the situation. We will deal with defensive diagonals, defensive pyramids, weak side and strong side and many other basic aspects of zone play.

The mixed zone

Mixed zone: The mixed zone is a mix between the two types of defense seen above. A 'hybrid' form if we want, but which manages to concentrate the advantages of both, limiting possible gaps.

Dutch soccer

This paragraph is dedicated to the Netherlands and its total soccer. The great innovation of the Dutch was to propose a soccer of movement, eliminating the fixed positions that until then had characterized the game. It was a real revolution, called the 'tulip revolution'.

Enzo Bearzot's Italy

Enzo Bearzot's Italy in 1982 demonstrated that important results could be achieved by adopting various game systems and various defensive modes. That team had the great ability to change according to situations, adopting strict fixed human markings if necessary, acting in the area where and if necessary.

Arrigo Sacchi's revolution

Arrigo Sacchi's 4-4-2 zone, a real gaming revolution

The defense at 4

Let's analyze in detail, in the chapter dedicated to modern modules, the modules with 4-way defense. Specifically, we are going to analyze 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 with attached variants, positive and negative aspects of each with respect to 'basic' systems

Focus on 4-2-2-2 and 4-2-3-1

A lesson focused on 4-2-2-2 and 4-2-3-1 with all their variants. Let's understand their positive and negative aspects, when is it best to use them?

The Three-Way Defense

Let's see all the defensive line-ups with a 3-man defense. Next we will see the differences in marking adopted by different types of coaches, we will see how to adapt it to a man, a zone and a mixed zone marking. But first of all, what are the characteristics that players must have to adopt such a scheme?

Underused success schemes

Let's see in this lesson how and who has managed, with the use of these “uncommon” schemes, to achieve significant goals with concrete examples, we will also highlight these coaches by understanding and valuing the game schemes they used.

The 5-man defense

In this last lesson we are going to deal with the defense module at 5, not a real module but more of an attitude that a defense at 3 assumes in certain cases. However, we can define it as a defensive module if this choice derives from a strategic decision, let's see how!

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